If I blow the conch and they don't come back; then we've had it. We shan't keep the fire going. We'll be like animals. We'll never be rescued." "If you don't blow, we'll soon be animals anyway.

Which is better--to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?

Philosophy and Religion-what are they when the wind blows and the water gets up in lumps?

the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.

Childhood is a disease - a sickness that you grow out of.

I hope my books make statements about our general condition.

No human endeavour can ever be wholly good... it must always have a cost.